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By NATHAN SALT and IAN LADYMAN AT CARRINGTON and CHRIS WHEELER AT CARRINGTON Published: 23: 29 AEDT, 22 November 2024 | Updated: 03: 04 AEDT, 23 November 2024 38 View comments Follow Mail Sport's live blog for all the updates, including team news, from Ruben Amorim's first Manchester United press conference, ahead of the weekend trip to face Ipswich Town. By Nathan Salt That was a really interesting few hours following Ruben Amorim in his first media address since becoming Manchester United's new head coach. To recap, here is some of the best bits: By Nathan Salt As I just shared over on X, not at all. .. one game at a time for the new man. By Nathan Salt Ruben Amorim: By Nathan Salt Ruben Amorim: By Nathan Salt Portuguese journalists in the room also got to speak to Ruben Amorim and ask questions in their own language so let's get to some of those. .. By Nathan Salt Here are a couple of snaps of the new Man United head coach speaking this afternoon! By Nathan Salt Ruben Amorim came to the defence of Marcus Rashford and Casemiro after they headed on holiday to the United States - but he had a pointed message to his bosses. Read more below. .. By Nathan Salt Another good exchange from the Neville-Amorim chat here: Gary Neville: Ruben Amorim: By Nathan Salt This photo still gets me. How time flies. Now it's the man on the right with the pressure on his shoulders. .. By Chris Wheeler At Carrington Here is my verdict from Carrington where Ruben Amorim has just held court. .. By Chris Wheeler At Carrington While Ruben Amorim knows there is a lot of work to do he knows also that he cannot go too long without winning. Read more of his thoughts on his need to win below. By Nathan Salt Right, let's bring you a bit more from this Sky chat between Ruben Amorim and Gary Neville. He was asked about where his confidence comes from that he can succeed given that Erik ten Hag arrived with his stock high. Ruben Amorim: By Nathan Salt This is a really noteworthy exchange between Ruben Amorim and Gary Neville in their interview for Sky Sports. Ruben Amorim: Gary Neville: 'You mean fitter than they currently are? ' Ruben Amorim: By Nathan Salt It's a good question, particularly given very few questions in today's press conference made any reference to Ipswich on Sunday. So Mail Sport crunched the data on how new Man United managers have got on. .. By Nathan Salt There is still more to come from Ruben Amorim today as his chat with Gary Neville airs from 3pm. Here is a snippet where Amorim discusses his thoughts on United icon Roy Keane. .. By Chris Wheeler At Carrington Ruben Amorim declared himself The Right One as he was officially unveiled as Manchester United’s new head coach. Amorim confirmed that he made contact with former United manager Jose Mourinho before deciding to leave Sporting Lisbon and become the sixth permanent boss at Old Trafford since Sir Alex Ferguson. Mourinho famously described himself as The Special One when he arrived at Chelsea from FC Porto in 2004, but 39-year-old Amorim chose a different way to introduce himself. Read more of my thoughts by clicking below. By Nathan Salt Ruben Amorim: By Nathan Salt Ruben Amorim: By Nathan Salt Ruben Amorim: By Nathan Salt Ruben Amorim: By Nathan Salt Ruben Amorim: Not impossible? By Nathan Salt Ruben Amorim: By Nathan Salt Ruben Amorim: By Nathan Salt Ruben Amorim: By Nathan Salt Ruben Amorim: By Nathan Salt Ruben Amorim: By Nathan Salt Ruben Amorim: By Nathan Salt Ruben Amorim: By Ian Ladyman At Carrington An impressive debut performance behind the microphone. Positive messaging. A few smiles. Now for the football… By Nathan Salt As you can imagine, Ruben Amorim has the room in the palm of his hand for this press conference. Updates are going to be with you very shortly. By Nathan Salt While we wait patiently to bring you the first words from Ruben Amorim today, here is how my colleague Chris Wheeler believes the side will line-up under the Portuguese's management. Read it in full below. .. By Nathan Salt Still smiling. .. Ruben Amorim is here! Updates coming from 2pm. By Nathan Salt A reminder that Ruben Amorim is moments away from taking his seat for today's press conference but, unless a reporter in the room breaks the agreed embargo, updates of what he says will not be surfacing until 2pm. Soon as I can bring you his thoughts you will get them right here! By Nathan Salt ? ‍♂️ The “Robin” likened to Mourinho ? The “fun” 28-year-old assistant ? Brain behind Amorim’s rise ? Experienced GK coach ? Ex-LFC sports scientist They won't be speaking to the media today but find out all on the five men following Amorim to Manchester as part of his coaching staff. By Ian Ladyman At Carrington When Jose Mourinho asked Sir Alex Ferguson for advice ahead of his spell as Manchester United manager, he was told: 'Bring an umbrella. ' Well that certainly applies today. Its dark and brooding and wet at Carrington. We will wait and see whether Ruben Amorim can brighten the mood. .. By Nathan Salt Unsurprisingly, the topic of Ruben Amorim took centre stage on the latest episode of our It's All Kicking Off podcast. With updates from today's press conference becoming public from 2pm, you've got time to fill the gap with the latest podcast which you can find details of here. By Nathan Salt Ruben Amorim has already sat down with Gary Neville for an extended interview with Sky Sports but it is this first press conference where he will be pressed on trickier topics that makes it so intriguing. All eyes are on him today as he takes his place in the hottest seat in town. I was fortunate enough to see Amorim in a press conference in full flow in his final weeks with Sporting and he was a real entertainer, you could see the glint in his eye. Excited to see how it plays out. By Nathan Salt Ruben Amorim is incredibly charismatic and it is no surprise to hear that he has already left a lasting impression on staff around the training ground. My colleague Mike Keegan has the inside scoop in his latest Inside Sport column, which you can read by clicking below. .. By Nathan Salt My colleague Chris Wheeler is in position nice and early at Carrington - which is a good job as there is around 50 reporters present and chairs are at a premium! By Nathan Salt Whereas interim boss Ruud van Nistelrooy had four games, all of which were at Old Trafford, life as Manchester United boss begins on the road for Ruben Amorim. His first five games in charge are: By Nathan Salt One of my favourite columns each week comes from Simon Jordan and this is another no-punches-held read when it comes to the management of Manchester United. Ruben Amorim is the latest roll of the dice and for Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Co, this one has to deliver double sixes. Read why Simon feels that way by clicking below. By Nathan Salt Immediately you would put Leny Yoro in there, but who else would make the cut? Well, firstly, PLAIER, the world's leading AI technology in football, has crunched the data and they reveal that Ruben Amorim should play a 4-4-2 formation and not 3-4-3 against Ipswich Town this Sunday. But, going on the premise that he will stick to his tried and tested 3-4-3, this is the Best XI, according to PLAIER. XI: Andre Onana; Harry Maguire, Matthijs de Ligt, Lisandro Martinez; Alejandro Garnacho, Bruno Fernandes, Casemiro, Amad Diallo; Antony, Marcus Rashford, Joshua Zirkzee (3-4-3). Joshua Zirkzee, who has just one Premier League goal, up front and Alejandro Garnacho and Amad Diallo as wing-backs? BOLD. By Nathan Salt This will be another talking point for Ruben Amorim today. There was an expectation that Leny Yoro, who has yet to play in the Premier League since joining for £52m in the summer due to injury, would play 45 minutes for the club's Under-21s at Altrincham on Tuesday night. That plan was seemingly shelved after Yoro got through Amorim's first two training sessions and now all eyes are on whether the young French centre back is fit enough to feature at Ipswich. Read more below. .. By Nathan Salt So, there will be three sections. The first live section will be broadcast and the answers will soon sweep across the internet as Amorim's first official address to the media. A second section will fall under an 'embargo' where his answers will not be shared until Saturday evening. And to finish off, to be fair to the Portuguese reporters in the room, Amorim will answer questions in Portuguese. Everything that we are able to share we will do our best to get to you! By Nathan Salt This will inevitably be one of the thornier topics pushed in Ruben Amorim's direction this afternoon. Former Manchester United full-back Gary Neville was critical of Marcus Rashford for heading to New York during this latest international break. The striker has proven a polarising figure in recent seasons and was a star name that Erik ten Hag routinely had to field questions about in press conferences. Today it will be Amorim who gets quizzed. Let's see how slick he proves. Read more of Neville's criticism of Rashford below. .. By Nathan Salt One of the most fascinating pieces of promotional material that came out of Manchester United since Ruben Amorim was appointed was the released footage of his first training session. In stark contrast to Erik ten Hag, who was often more withdrawn in sessions and took an observation role for large spells of training, Amorim was right among it with the players. Below is a short clip of the new head coach putting his ideas across. .. By Nathan Salt Before the press conference gets in full swing at 1. 30pm, here is an interesting insight into Ruben Amorim's first two weeks in the job by my colleague Chris Wheeler. Due to visa delays he has only been out on the training pitch since Monday but already he is making his mark on this group of players. REMINDER: Mail+ is currently holding a Black Friday offer to sign up at 99p per month for your first year. Read Chris' piece below. .. By Nathan Salt Hello and welcome from an overcast Manchester as we prepare to hear Ruben Amorim's first press conference since becoming Manchester United's new head coach. The 39-year-old has not been officially unveiled to the media to this point and so he will address a raft of questions from that at United's Carrington training ground from 1. 30pm. I'll be here, with some help from my colleagues Ian Ladyman and Chris Wheeler, to bring you all the updates as Amorim tees up his first match in charge away to Ipswich Town on Sunday. Published by Associated Newspapers Ltd Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group